After years of budget increases as the city emerged from the pandemic, this year the mayor proposed a lower budget than last year’s.

As the city housing program behind it comes under the microscope, the Makiki building has struggled to clear the last bureaucratic hurdles.

Honolulu’s only waste incinerator needs fresh investment to bring it up to international standards, council vice-chair says.

Council members voted Wednesday to boost the cost of an adult bus pass by $10 a month, along with other price hikes.

Drivers would have to take written knowledge tests during their license renewals, something Hawaiʻi stopped requiring almost three decades ago.

The mayor’s right-hand man says he stands by the messages he sent to two council members ahead of a confirmation hearing.

Council member Val Okimoto said a “senior administration official” threatened to withhold funding to her district, but she won’t say who did it.

Honolulu City Council members approved the settlement to protect the officers involved in the 2021 fatal shooting of Iremamber Sykap from future liability.

The latest update to Civil Beat’s Public Salary Database reflects major public-sector wage increases across Hawaiʻi — but not for everyone.

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